Coat hanger bar



1964 H. D- GOETTL ETAL COAT HANGER BAR Filed Sept. 28, 1961 INVENTORS. 1645mm 0. 605772, BY-ANO-HOAM M 5,4059. moui g -y ATTORNEY United States Patent firm Filed Sept. 28, 1961, Ser. No. 141,325 2 Claims. (Cl. 211123) This invention pertains to improvements in a coat hanger bar for closets and the like.

One of the objects of this invention is to provide a coat hanger bar which provides a new and improved appearance for a clothes closet interior.

Another object is to provide a coat hanger bar which is relatively inexpensive to manufacture and is simple to install.

Another object is to provide a coat hanger bar which meets all engineering and architectural standards required by building codes, builders and contractors.

A further object of this invention is to provide a coat hanger bar of particular cross-sectional configuration which attaches to the forward edge of the closet shelf and reinforces the shelf while serving also as a rod to hang clothes.

And another object is to provide a coat hanger bar which attaches to the front edge of a closet shelf so as to prevent sag of the shelf and increase the load-carrying capacity of the shelf.

Further features and advantages of this invention will appear from a detailed description of the drawings in which:

FIG. 1 is a perspective exploded view showing the components of the coat hanger bar and closet shelf.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged perspective end view of the coat hanger bar indicated by the line 22 in FIG. 1.

FIG. 3 is a front elevation of the device shown in FIGS. 1 and 2.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged sectional view on the line 4--4 of FIG. 3.

As an example of one embodiment of this invention, there is shown a coat hanger bar having a vertically disposed portion having an abutment face 11 adapted to engage the forward or front edge 12 of the closet shelf 13. A turned over portion 14 is formed on the upper edge of the vertically disposed portion 10 of the hanger bar which has an abutment surface 15 engaging the top surface 16 of the shelf 13. Suitable fastening means such as nails or screws 17 pass through suitable perforations 17a formed in the vertically disposed surface 10 of the hanger bar and into the shelf 13 to secure the hanger bar securely thereto. The shelf 13 is appropriately' secured in the closet by suitable supports 13, 19 and 20 suitably fixed to the walls of the closet.

Depending downwardly and sloping outwardly from the lower edge 21 of the vertically disposed portion 10 is the panel portion 22 which merges with a semi-cylindrical portion 23 which curves rearwardly and upwardly, as best shown in FIG. 4. Extending rearwardly and upwardly and curving forwardly from the portion 23 is the coat hanger supporting portion 24 having the convex surface 25 adapted to receive the hook 26 of the coat hanger 27.

It will be noted that the coat hanger supporting portion 24 is joined with the semi-cylindrical portion 23 at a concave re-entrant area 28 which provides space for the thumb and fingers to manipulate the coat hanger hooks closely adjacent the convex surface of sliding 25 of the coat hangers on the hanger bar for greater ease in sliding the depending hangers along the bar and in placing and in removing the hangers, particularly with the clothes on the coat hangers, from the hanger bar.

While the apparatus herein disclosed and described constitutes a preferred form of the invention, it is also to be understood that the apparatus is capable of mechanical alteration without departing from the spirit of the invention and that such mechanical arrangement and commercial adaptation as fall within the scope of the appendent claims are intended to be included herein.

Having thus fully set forth and described this invention what is claimed and desired to be obtained by United States Letters Patent is:

l. A coat hanger bar of particular cross-sectional configuration adapted to be attached to the forward edge of a closet shelf to reinforce the shelf to prevent sag and increase load-carrying capacity comprising in combination:

(a) a vertically disposed portion having a rearwardly facing abutment face adapted to engage the forward edge of the closet shelf,

(12) perforations in said vertically disposed portion adapted to receive mounting screws entering into the forward edge of said closet shelf to lock said vertical- 13 disposed portion against vertical relative movement on said shelf,

(0) a turned over portion formed on the upper edge of said vertically disposed portion having a downwardly facing abutment surface adapted to engage the top surface of the shelf to initially vertically position said hanger bar on the front of said shelf,

(d) a downwardly and outwardly sloping panel portion fixed to the lower edge of said vertically disposed portion,

(e) an upwardly and rearwardly curving semi-cylindrical portion formed integral with the lower portion of said downwardly and outwardly sloping panel,

(1) and a coat hanger supporting portion formed integral with upper rearward edge of said semi-cylindrical portion having,

(g) a convex surface adapted to slidingly receive and support the coat hanger hook on said hanger bar.

2. A coat hanger bar of particular cross-sectional configuration adapted to be attached to the forward edge of a closet shelf to reinforce the shelf to prevent sag and increase load-carrying capacity comprising in combination:

(a) a vertically disposed portion having a rearwardly facing abutment face adapted to engage the forward edge of the closet shelf,

(b) perforations in said vertically disposed portion adapted to receive mounting screws entering into the forward edge of said closet shelf to lock said verticalily disposed portion against vertical relative movement on said shelf,

(0) a turned over portion formed on the upper edge of said vertically disposed portion having a downwardly facing abutment surface adapted to engage the top surface of the shelf to initially vertically position said hanger bar on the front of said shelf,

(d) a downwardly and outwardly sloping panel portion fixed to the lower edge of said vertically disposed portion,

fingers for manipulation of the coat hanger hook 10 formed in said semi-cylindrical portion immediately below said convex coat hanger hook supporting portion.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,506,119 Tregear May 2, 1950 2,685,330 Handren Aug. 3, 1954 2,870,916 LaBonia Ian. 27, 1959 

1. A COAT HANGER BAR OF PARTICULAR CROSS-SECTIONAL CONFIGURATION ADAPTED TO BE ATTACHED TO THE FORWARD EDGE OF A CLOSET SHELF TO REINFORCE THE SHELF TO PREVENT SAG AND INCREASE LOAD-CARRYING CAPACITY COMPRISING IN COMBINATION: (A) A VERTICALLY DISPOSED PORTION HAVING A REARWARDLY FACING ABUTMENT FACE ADAPTED TO ENGAGE THE FORWARD EDGE OF THE CLOSET SHELF, (B) PERFORATIONS IN SAID VERTICALLY DISPOSED PORTION ADAPTED TO RECEIVE MOUNTING SCREWS ENTERING INTO THE FORWARD EDGE OF SAID CLOSET SHELF TO LOCK SAID VERTICALLY DISPOSED PORTION AGAINST VERTICAL RELATIVE MOVEMENT ON SAID SHELF, (C) A TURNED OVER PORTION FORMED ON THE UPPER EDGE OF SAID VERTICALLY DISPOSED PORTION HAVING A DOWNWARDLY FACING ABUTMENT SURFACE ADAPTED TO ENGAGE THE TOP SURFACE OF THE SHELF TO INITIALLY VERTICALLY POSITION SAID HANGER BAR ON THE FRONT OF SAID SHELF, (D) A DOWNWARDLY AND OUTWARDLY SLOPING PANEL PORTION FIXED TO THE LOWER EDGE OF SAID VERTICALLY DISPOSED PORTION, (E) AN UPWARDLY AND REARWARDLY CURVING SEMI-CYLINDRICAL PORTION FORMED INTEGRAL WITH THE LOWER PORTION OF SAID DOWNWARDLY AND OUTWARDLY SLOPING PANEL, (F) AND A COAT HANGER SUPPORTING PORTION FORMED INTEGRAL WITH UPPER REARWARD EDGE OF SAID SEMI-CYLINDRICAL PORTION HAVING, (G) A CONVEX SURFACE ADAPTED TO SLIDINGLY RECEIVE AND SUPPORT THE COAT HANGER HOOK ON SAID HANGER BAR. 